On 14 January 2014 the IIR hosted an international conference “Beyond North/South and East/West: Understanding Global Inequalities and Diversity”. Among the speakers were Czech researchers as well as Asian, African or Latin American academic experts. The conference was held in Czernin Palace at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
This conference was co-financed by the European Social Fund and the state budget of the Czech Republic within the project entitled The Cooperation Network for Research of the Non-European Areas (RESAREAS).